Maybe I missed something, but these IDs are globally unique. Why are we hashing again?
/rafael On 8/12/2010 8:39 PM, Eric Schultz wrote: > > I don't think we should call this a GUID if you're not using the > official definition of a GUID/UUID from RFC 4122. If I see GUID > in documentation, I'm going to assume I can call a normal GUID > creation function to create one. > > > I think you bring up a good point Trevor. I'm a bit of a stickler on > the wording myself. The main reason we used the word GUID is that MSI > has a column format for GUIDs. Maybe we could use a different word or > phrase like 'hashed GUID' or 'HUID'? It would imply it looks and acts > like a GUID but it can't be created using GUID functions. >
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